Overalls



June 22 1926.

F. FERGUSON OVERALLS Filed Sept. 19, 1923 INVENTOE P022557- Fe wePatented June 22, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FORREST FERGUSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO W'YNNE FERGUSON, TRUSTEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

OVERALLS.

Application filed September 19, 1923.

This invention relates to overalls, and has for its object to providea.novel method of reinforcing the lower ends of the side vents in thelegs of a pair of overalls.

To this end 1 have devised a pair of over alls in which the facingpieces of the rear sides of the front pockets are provided with integralextensions that extend across the lower ends of the side vents in thelegs in such a waythat they serve as reinforcing devices whicheffectively prevent the side seams of the legs from ripping when theyare subjected to abnormal strains.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a portion of one legof a pair of overalls constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the facing piece of the left hand. frontpocket.

Referring to the drawings, A and B designate the front and rear portionsof the left leg of a pair of overalls, C designates the side seam whichjoins: the portions A and B together, and D designates the usual sidevent in the leg whose lower end terminates at the upper end of the sideseam C. The overalls are provided with two front pockets each of whichis formed by a piece of material folded so as to form the front portion1 and the rear portion 2 of the pocket. The side edge of the frontportion 1 of the pocket is faced by the piece of ma terial thatconstitutes the front portion A of the leg, which piece of material isfolded over the side edge of the front portion 1 of the pocket andsecured to same by one or more rows of stitches, as shown in Figure 1.The rear portion 2 of said pocket is faced by a facing piece E that issuperimposed upon the front side of the rear portion 2 of the pocket andfolded over the longitudinal side edge of same, so as to serve as abinding for said edge, the inner edge of said facing piece E beingsecured to the rear portion of the pocket by one or more vertical rowsof stitches and the outer edge portion of said facing piece which isdoubled or folded'over the side edge of the rear portion 2 of the pocketbeing secured to same by one or more vertical rows of stitches m.

In order to reinforce and strengthen the side seam G and prevent saidside seam from ripping in the event the lower end of the side vent D issubjected to an abnormal strain, as, for example, by the users footstriking Serial No. 683,613.

tension E that extends across the lower end or the crotch of the vent Dand upwardly along the rear portion B of the leg that forms the rearside of the vent D. The extension E of the facing piece E is made wideenough to permit it to be folded under or doubled over so as to providea plurality of thicknesses of material at the point where said extensionE is connected by stitches 1 to the rear portion B of the leg. The extension E may be of any preferred length, but in most instances the upperend of same will terminate at the upper edge of the adjacent hip pocketF so that the upper end of the extension E can be secured by one or morerows of stitches 2, such as are generally used at the ends of a pocketto prevent the pocket from ripping.

My invention adds practically nothing to the costof a pair of overalls,but it greatly improves such garments, because the extensions E of thefacing pieces E of the front pockets reinforce and strengthen thecrotches of the side vents, and thus prevent the side seams C of thelegs from ripping.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A pair of overalls provided with side vents, front pockets whose rearportions are arranged at the front side of said vents, and facing piecesfor the rear portions of said pockets, superimposed upon the front sidesof same and provided at their lower ends with integral extensions thatextend rearwardly across the lower ends of said side vents and upwardlyat the rear side of said vents so as to reinforce and strengthen theside seams of the legs.

2. A pair of overalls having legs formed by front and rear portionsjoined together by side seams, each leg having a side vent and a frontpocket whose rear portion forms the front side of said vent, and afacing piece superimposed on the front face of the rear portion of saidpocket and provided at its lower end with an integral extension thatextends rearwardly across the lower end of said vent and upwardly overthe rear portion of the vent.

3. A pair of overalls provided with side Vents whose lower endsterminate at the upper ends of the side seams of the legs, front pocketsconnected to the front portions of the legs, facing piecessuperin'iposed upon the rear portions of said front pockets and foldedover the outer edges of some and integral extensions on said facingpieces that are secured to the rear portions of the legs in such a Wayas tOlGlllfOl'CG and strengthen the side seams of the legs.

In a pair of overalls, a leg formed by front and rear portions connectedtogether by a side seam Whose upper end terminates at the lower end of aside Vent between said front and rear portions, a pocket provided with afront portion that is connected to the front portion of the leg and arear portion that forms the front side of said vent, and a facing piececonnected to the rear p rtion of said poehet so as to serve as a bindingfor the edge of some and prorideu With an integral extension thatextends across the crotch of said side rent and which is secured to therear portion of the leg.

5. In :1 pair of OVHflliS, a leg comprising front and rear portionsconnmted together by a scan! and having a went in proximity to a front'ioclret carried by the front portion of the leg, 2i facing piece foldedover the longitudinul side edge of the rear por ion of said front pocketand partially covering the front face of said rear portion and anintegral extension o" said facing piece that is folded over and i liedto the rear portion of the leg in such a Way that it rein forces andstrengthens the lower end of said Vent.

FORREST F ERGUSGN.

